Have Your Say

In the coming weeks we’ll feature mini-surveys on issues that impact your business. Past surveys through our hervoice.com.au initiative (which is dedicated to providing advocacy for women entreprenuers) allowed you to share information that we have subsequently shared with government, such as these issues that you have raised as being of importance to you: * Complex reporting and legal compliance requirements * The superannuation gap between males and females * Excessive red tape, bureaucracy and paperwork * Difficulty in dealing with government * Lack of Government support, subsidies, incentives and grants for businesswomen * Lack of paid maternity leave * Difficulty in accessing child and aged care * Taxation issues * Workers’ compensation premiums * IR and OHS legislation * Shortage of skilled workers * Bank fees and charges * Lack of education for small business owners * High failure rate of small business * Succession planning * Limited numbers of female students considering business ownership as a career * Cost of intellectual property registration and protection * Women’s health and wellbeing